Improvement in wagon-shackle



T. D, POWERS.

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Patented Oct 29,186?

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Letters Patent No. 70,357, dated October 29, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON -SHAOKLE.

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TO WHOM IT-MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. POWERS, of Rochester, in the county of Racine, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Wagon-Shackle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the I Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a. transverse section.

Figure 3 is a draw-iron.

Figure 4 is the shaft-iron.

Figure 5 is the slotted cylinder.

Figure 6 is the cylinder, showing spring.

Figure 7 is the side view of shaft-iron.

Fig. 1. A shows the draw-iron, with clip, axle, aperture.

Fig. 2. B shows the shaft-iron in use. The red lines show the p shows the end of the rubber spring in the bottom of slotted cylinder.

Fig. 5. H shows the end of metallic spring seen in fig. 6, letter H.

Fig. 3. A, draw-iron E, aperture or slot; I, an opening to admit the cylinder.

Fig. 4. Shaft iron; D D, the T end; K K, the shoulders of same.

Fig. 5. O, cylinder;'F,'slot to admit the shaftiron; L, notch in which the neck of shaft-iron rests; G, rubber spring.

Fig. 6. H, the metallic spring in the bottom.

Fig. 7. Side view of shaft-iron.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, construction and operation.

I construct a draw-iron, cylinder, and shaft-iron after the-pattern laid panying drawings. I place the metallic spring H in cylinder 0, place the rubber spring G in slot F, and raise the shaft-iron B, as shown by red lines drop them in place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by- Lettcrs Patent, is- I A draw-iron, with a slot, E, a cylinder with a slot, F, notch L, rubber spring iron, with T head, shoulders K K, when arranged to operate as shown and forth.

and stock, B the shaft attached, C the cylinder, E the osition when attaching and detaching. G

I will proceed to describe its down and described in the accomcylinder in draw-iron A, place the G, metallic spring H, a shaftdescribed, and for the purpose set THOS. D. POWERS.

Witnesses:

A. E. GIBSON, GEORGE BLACK.

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